Language of instruction
中文
Current course fees
20,410
Location
Shanghai
X ACADEMY
Global Explorer Summit
-
2024.07.25
Major Course X-Core
Artificial intelligence creation and digital art programming
AI Generated Content and Digital Art Programming
COURSE INTRO
Course Introduction 01
COURSE INTRO
Course Introduction 01
Art has never existed in isolation, it is closely tied to the characteristics of our era. With the continuous development of computing technology, all cultures, entertainment, and trends are being disseminated in an information-based manner. In this context, art has richer expressive scenes and more diverse creative methods. At the same time, programming is the basic language for establishing rules in this era, creating digital art using programming logic is closely connected to society, users, and machines. The exploration of the combination of technology and art is the inevitable path to the future and is also fully penetrating our cultural life: game scenes, character images, graphic design, visual posters, music creation, video production, and other creative fields are all experiencing massive impact and reshaping.
"FusionX Artificial Intelligence Creation and Digital Art Programming" will lead you to innovate design with creative programming and artificial intelligence, exploring the computational abilities that future designers need to master. You will learn about the latest artificial intelligence technologies, and how they are applied in creation, and the course will also revolve around currently popular ChatGPT, Midjourney, ComfyUI, and other cutting-edge AI products to explain and engage in practical activities, helping you better adapt to the future creative landscape. You will experience collaborating with AI as an independent creator, challenging the traditional workflow of large production teams.
Art has never existed in isolation, it is closely tied to the characteristics of our era. With the continuous development of computing technology, all cultures, entertainment, and trends are being disseminated in an information-based manner. In this context, art has richer expressive scenes and more diverse creative methods. At the same time, programming is the basic language for establishing rules in this era, creating digital art using programming logic is closely connected to society, users, and machines. The exploration of the combination of technology and art is the inevitable path to the future and is also fully penetrating our cultural life: game scenes, character images, graphic design, visual posters, music creation, video production, and other creative fields are all experiencing massive impact and reshaping.
"FusionX Artificial Intelligence Creation and Digital Art Programming" will lead you to innovate design with creative programming and artificial intelligence, exploring the computational abilities that future designers need to master. You will learn about the latest artificial intelligence technologies, and how they are applied in creation, and the course will also revolve around currently popular ChatGPT, Midjourney, ComfyUI, and other cutting-edge AI products to explain and engage in practical activities, helping you better adapt to the future creative landscape. You will experience collaborating with AI as an independent creator, challenging the traditional workflow of large production teams.
COURSE OUTCOME
Course Outcome 02
COURSE OUTCOME
Course Outcome 02
At the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to gain the following skills and outputs:
From zero to one, master the GenAI toolbox systematically
Use AI to complete content creation, create your own digital art works, such as novels, images, videos, and exhibit them
Learn basic code and implement custom workflows
Master the mindset of creating personal IP
*The types and content of the final outputs are based on the products of explorers participating in the X-Capstone project
At the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to gain the following skills and outputs:
From zero to one, master the GenAI toolbox systematically
Use AI to complete content creation, create your own digital art works, such as novels, images, videos, and exhibit them
Learn basic code and implement custom workflows
Master the mindset of creating personal IP
*The types and content of the final outputs are based on the products of explorers participating in the X-Capstone project
COURSE CONTENTS
Course Contents 03
COURSE CONTENTS
Course Contents 03
01 The development process and cutting-edge progress of generative AI
Theory: The development context of generative artificial intelligence: GAN, VQ-GAN, Diffusion, etc.; Explanation of classic cases and papers; Introduction to open source projects
Practice: Experience different content generation methods; How to write experimental records
02 Large Language Models LLM: Prompt engineering, local LLM, your copy assistant, your programming assistant
Theory: What are LLMs large models? The development of LLMs large model technology and common large model technologies; What is RAG? What are the narrative modes? Fractal pyramid, hero's journey, seven-point story structure, etc.; What are some emerging digital narrative methods?
Reflection: From traditional media to the new media era, what is decentralized media?
Practice: Create an interesting story with LLMs; How to use LLM for (paper) research? What do designers do with LLM? How to use LLM to assist in programming? How to customize your LLM workflow? Comparative experiment: ChatGPT, GPT-4, Claude+, Wenxin Yiyuan
03 GenAI: What GUIs are available for image generation?
Theory: Writing skills for prompt word # three paragraphs; Common prompt tools, such as visual prompt writing tools
Reflection: How to acquire knowledge in different specific fields? And use it for prompt word writing
Practice: Try different styles of prompt words to form your own prompt style template; Tips for using Stable-diffusion-webui; Tips for using Stable-diffusion-webui-forge; Tips for using ComfyUI; Tips for using StableSwarmUI
04 ComfyUI: Common workflows, animated video implementation
Theory: Case sharing and interpretation; AI-based video generation workflow
Reflection: How to experiment and form your own workflow?
Practice: Wen Shengtu; Picture generating picture; Controlnet; IPAdapter, InstantID; text-to-video
05 Advanced ComfyUI: How to customize nodes (programming)
Theory: Software development and architectural design, technical architecture of ComfyUI; Basic programming languages: html, css, js, pythonWeb; Web creative programming, including p5.js, threejs, etc.; Implementation of custom nodes
Discussion: The future of creative work
Practice: Create a character image; Generate a dialogue and talking face video; Complete a DEMO combining creative programming
06 How to build your independent brand (IP) with GenAI
Theory: What is personal influence and how to build it. What is digital marketing? How does artificial intelligence do digital marketing? What is user persona and how to define clear user persona? Generate customized content for different user groups; Funnel model of public and private domain traffic
Reflection: How to form your own artificial intelligence workflow
Practice: Design an IP that you imagine; Define user persona, content tonality; Design an artificial intelligence workflow
07 Comprehensive actual combat
Theory: What is PMF Product-Market-Match? Understanding and feedback from seed users to user needs; How to iterate products, what are the methods? Characteristics of digital content products and common business models; The importance of team collaboration and brainstorming; User participation design
Practice: Design a business model that conforms to the product logic
01 The development process and cutting-edge progress of generative AI
Theory: The development context of generative artificial intelligence: GAN, VQ-GAN, Diffusion, etc.; Explanation of classic cases and papers; Introduction to open source projects
Practice: Experience different content generation methods; How to write experimental records
02 Large Language Models LLM: Prompt engineering, local LLM, your copy assistant, your programming assistant
Theory: What are LLMs large models? The development of LLMs large model technology and common large model technologies; What is RAG? What are the narrative modes? Fractal pyramid, hero's journey, seven-point story structure, etc.; What are some emerging digital narrative methods?
Reflection: From traditional media to the new media era, what is decentralized media?
Practice: Create an interesting story with LLMs; How to use LLM for (paper) research? What do designers do with LLM? How to use LLM to assist in programming? How to customize your LLM workflow? Comparative experiment: ChatGPT, GPT-4, Claude+, Wenxin Yiyuan
03 GenAI: What GUIs are available for image generation?
Theory: Writing skills for prompt word # three paragraphs; Common prompt tools, such as visual prompt writing tools
Reflection: How to acquire knowledge in different specific fields? And use it for prompt word writing
Practice: Try different styles of prompt words to form your own prompt style template; Tips for using Stable-diffusion-webui; Tips for using Stable-diffusion-webui-forge; Tips for using ComfyUI; Tips for using StableSwarmUI
04 ComfyUI: Common workflows, animated video implementation
Theory: Case sharing and interpretation; AI-based video generation workflow
Reflection: How to experiment and form your own workflow?
Practice: Wen Shengtu; Picture generating picture; Controlnet; IPAdapter, InstantID; text-to-video
05 Advanced ComfyUI: How to customize nodes (programming)
Theory: Software development and architectural design, technical architecture of ComfyUI; Basic programming languages: html, css, js, pythonWeb; Web creative programming, including p5.js, threejs, etc.; Implementation of custom nodes
Discussion: The future of creative work
Practice: Create a character image; Generate a dialogue and talking face video; Complete a DEMO combining creative programming
06 How to build your independent brand (IP) with GenAI
Theory: What is personal influence and how to build it. What is digital marketing? How does artificial intelligence do digital marketing? What is user persona and how to define clear user persona? Generate customized content for different user groups; Funnel model of public and private domain traffic
Reflection: How to form your own artificial intelligence workflow
Practice: Design an IP that you imagine; Define user persona, content tonality; Design an artificial intelligence workflow
07 Comprehensive actual combat
Theory: What is PMF Product-Market-Match? Understanding and feedback from seed users to user needs; How to iterate products, what are the methods? Characteristics of digital content products and common business models; The importance of team collaboration and brainstorming; User participation design
Practice: Design a business model that conforms to the product logic
PREREQUISITES
Prerequisites 04
PREREQUISITES
Prerequisites 04
No hard requirements, we hope you maintain enthusiasm for learning and creating, but it's even better if you have basic knowledge of Python programming.
*During the preparatory stage, mentors and academic leaders will help you complete the prerequisite learning
No hard requirements, we hope you maintain enthusiasm for learning and creating, but it's even better if you have basic knowledge of Python programming.
*During the preparatory stage, mentors and academic leaders will help you complete the prerequisite learning
"What XA has brought to me, the improvement of CS literacy goes without saying, but what I am more grateful for is being able to meet the top and most outstanding peers of my age. I have seen living MIT, CIT students, consulted TAs who can do nothing but debug, and also gained a bunch of board game friends. Perhaps saying that my dream is to change the world will be laughed at by people, but XA has given me the confidence to turn my dreams into reality."
This road is long, and the places to go are filled with poetry and ideals. The tears and sweat left behind yesterday make me more tenacious and courageous now. This is what XA has taught me: we can always be a little braver."
Haiyi Jin Explorer
Fudan University
"What XA has brought to me, the improvement of CS literacy goes without saying, but what I am more grateful for is being able to meet the top and most outstanding peers of my age. I have seen living MIT, CIT students, consulted TAs who can do nothing but debug, and also gained a bunch of board game friends. Perhaps saying that my dream is to change the world will be laughed at by people, but XA has given me the confidence to turn my dreams into reality."
This road is long, and the places to go are filled with poetry and ideals. The tears and sweat left behind yesterday make me more tenacious and courageous now. This is what XA has taught me: we can always be a little braver."
Haiyi Jin Explorer
Fudan University
"What XA has brought to me, the improvement of CS literacy goes without saying, but what I am more grateful for is being able to meet the top and most outstanding peers of my age. I have seen living MIT, CIT students, consulted TAs who can do nothing but debug, and also gained a bunch of board game friends. Perhaps saying that my dream is to change the world will be laughed at by people, but XA has given me the confidence to turn my dreams into reality."
This road is long, and the places to go are filled with poetry and ideals. The tears and sweat left behind yesterday make me more tenacious and courageous now. This is what XA has taught me: we can always be a little braver."
Haiyi Jin Explorer
Fudan University
MENTORS
Previous Course Mentors 05
MENTORS
Previous Course Mentors 05
Chi Zhiwei Shadow
Graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tongji University
Design Hacker/Founder of Mixlab Infinite Community
Architect, Programmer, Designer, Teacher
Graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tongji University, Design Hacker/Mixlab Infinite Community Founder. Former lecturer at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tongji University, software engineer at ZTE, experience designer at China Merchants Bank, Co-founder/Chief Architect at Get Smart Writing. TechX 2021 AI Design Course Instructor. Research interests include interdisciplinary, artificial intelligence, XR, spatial design, next-generation innovative organizations, etc.
Chi Zhiwei Shadow
Graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tongji University
Design Hacker/Founder of Mixlab Infinite Community
Architect, Programmer, Designer, Teacher
Graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tongji University, Design Hacker/Mixlab Infinite Community Founder. Former lecturer at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tongji University, software engineer at ZTE, experience designer at China Merchants Bank, Co-founder/Chief Architect at Get Smart Writing. TechX 2021 AI Design Course Instructor. Research interests include interdisciplinary, artificial intelligence, XR, spatial design, next-generation innovative organizations, etc.
ACADEMIC LEADS
Previous Course TAs 06
ACADEMIC LEADS
Previous Course TAs 06
Jianan Shijian
Master of Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
Master of Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, specializing in interaction design, industrial design, and generative design. Previously worked at Zhangzhoujie Digital Lab, a pioneering digital design brand in China, and served as a teaching assistant for parametric design courses at the Tongji University College of Design and Innovation. Works have been exhibited at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, and included in the Processing 20th Anniversary Community Contribution Catalog. Winner of the Baidu PaddlePaddle AI Creativity Camp, K-DESIGN AWARD'18 in South Korea, Outstanding New Design Award in the National College Student Industrial Design Competition, and the Gold Award in the 3rd Zhejiang Provincial
Jianan Shijian
Master of Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
Master of Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, specializing in interaction design, industrial design, and generative design. Previously worked at Zhangzhoujie Digital Lab, a pioneering digital design brand in China, and served as a teaching assistant for parametric design courses at the Tongji University College of Design and Innovation. Works have been exhibited at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, and included in the Processing 20th Anniversary Community Contribution Catalog. Winner of the Baidu PaddlePaddle AI Creativity Camp, K-DESIGN AWARD'18 in South Korea, Outstanding New Design Award in the National College Student Industrial Design Competition, and the Gold Award in the 3rd Zhejiang Provincial
Language of instruction
中文
Current course fees
20,410
Location
Shanghai
X ACADEMY
Global Explorer Summit
-
2024.07.25
Location
Shanghai
Language of instruction
中文
Current course fees
20,410
X ACADEMY
Global Explorer Summit
-
2024.07.25
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OUR CIVILIZATION WAS BUILT ON TECHNOLOGY. OUR CIVILIZATION IS BUILT ON TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY IS THE GLORY OF HUMAN AMBITION AND ACHIEVEMENT, THE SPEARHEAD OF PROGRESS, AND THE REALIZATION OF OUR POTENTIAL. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, WE PROPERLY GLORIFIED THIS – UNTIL RECENTLY. WE, AT X ACADEMY, ARE HERE TO REVITALIZE THAT SPIRIT. TO US, THE FUTURE IS A CANVAS OF VAST POSSIBILITY, PAINTED WITH THE BRUSHES OF INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND OPTIMISM. WE BELIEVE IN A FUTURE WHERE TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO BE THE BACKBONE OF ADVANCEMENT, NOT JUST IN MATERIAL TERMS BUT AS A MEANS TO ELEVATE HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS. WE ARE THE FUTURE OPTIMISTS, THE DREAMERS, THE MAKERS, AND THE DOERS. WE STAND READY TO COLLABORATE, TO INNOVATE, AND TO BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW WITH YOU. JOIN US, AS WE EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY TO IGNITE THE FLAMES OF PROGRESS AND TO CHERISH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE. IT IS TIME, ONCE AGAIN, TO RAISE THE TECHNOLOGY FLAG. IT IS TIME TO BE TECHNO-OPTIMISTS. WITH X ACADEMY, LET'S BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE TOGETHER.
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OUR CIVILIZATION WAS BUILT ON TECHNOLOGY. OUR CIVILIZATION IS BUILT ON TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY IS THE GLORY OF HUMAN AMBITION AND ACHIEVEMENT, THE SPEARHEAD OF PROGRESS, AND THE REALIZATION OF OUR POTENTIAL. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, WE PROPERLY GLORIFIED THIS – UNTIL RECENTLY. WE, AT X ACADEMY, ARE HERE TO REVITALIZE THAT SPIRIT. TO US, THE FUTURE IS A CANVAS OF VAST POSSIBILITY, PAINTED WITH THE BRUSHES OF INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND OPTIMISM. WE BELIEVE IN A FUTURE WHERE TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO BE THE BACKBONE OF ADVANCEMENT, NOT JUST IN MATERIAL TERMS BUT AS A MEANS TO ELEVATE HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS. WE ARE THE FUTURE OPTIMISTS, THE DREAMERS, THE MAKERS, AND THE DOERS. WE STAND READY TO COLLABORATE, TO INNOVATE, AND TO BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW WITH YOU. JOIN US, AS WE EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY TO IGNITE THE FLAMES OF PROGRESS AND TO CHERISH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE. IT IS TIME, ONCE AGAIN, TO RAISE THE TECHNOLOGY FLAG. IT IS TIME TO BE TECHNO-OPTIMISTS. WITH X ACADEMY, LET'S BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE TOGETHER.